On July 7, a USCG MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew evacuated a seven-year-old girl, as she was suffering from abdominal pain, from the cruise ship Celebrity Summit. The helicopter hoisted the girl, which was then transported at the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk.
The helicopter met the vessel around 200 miles off the coast of Virginia, in order to hoist the girl, a parent and a nurse from the cruise ship. The ship was heading to Bermuda, when the incident took place, and called the USCG for assistance.
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After the operation was carried out successfully, it transported them to Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk.
Commenting on the operation, Petty Officer 1st Class Kelly Badal, a watchstander in the 5th District Command Center, stated:
Good communication between the cruise ship, aircrew and Coast Guard command centers in New York and Portsmouth allowed us to get this child the help she needed
